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An academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: humanities
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Orientalism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
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Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اِسْتِشْراق
(istišrāq)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Armenian:
արեւելագիտություն
(arewelagitutʻyun)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Azerbaijani:
şərqşünaslıq
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Belarusian:
усходазна́ўства
(usxodaznáwstva)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Belarusian:
арыенталі́стыка
(aryjentalístyka)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Chinese Mandarin:
東方學 /东方学
(dōngfāngxué)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Chinese Mandarin:
東方研究 /东方研究
(dōngfāng yánjiū)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Czech:
orientalistika
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Dutch:
oriëntalistiek
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Finnish:
orientalistiikka
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Finnish:
itämaiden tutkimus
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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French:
orientalisme
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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French:
orientologie
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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French:
orientalistique
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Georgian:
აღმოსავლეთმცოდნეობა
(aɣmosavletmcodneoba)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Georgian:
ორიენტალისტიკა
(orienṭalisṭiḳa)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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German:
Orientalistik
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Hungarian:
orientalisztika
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Japanese:
東洋学
(tōyōgaku)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Japanese:
東方学
(tōhōgaku)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Japanese:
アジア学
(ajiagaku)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Kazakh:
шығыстану
(şyğystanu)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Korean:
동양학
(dong'yanghak)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Persian:
شرقشناسی
(šarq-šenâsi)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Polish:
orientalistyka
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Russian:
востокове́дение
(vostokovédenije)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Russian:
ориентали́стика
(orijentalístika)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Swedish:
orientalistik
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Swedish:
mellanösternstudier
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Tajik:
шарқшиносӣ
(šarqšinosi)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Ukrainian:
сходозна́вство
(sxodoznávstvo)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Ukrainian:
східнозна́вство
(sxidnoznávstvo)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Ukrainian:
орієнталі́стика
(orijentalístyka)
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Uzbek:
sharqshunoslik
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
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Vietnamese:
đông phương học
— an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology